A classic Music Man resurrected with a myriad of tonal options and styles.

A Music Man favorite is back in action. After 20 years the Classic Sabre bass has been reissued much to the surprise and joy of the Sabre faithful. And although this is a classic design it has all of Music Man's modern goodies to bring it up to speed in the 21st century. It features a beautiful Ash body and Music Man top loading chrome plated hardened steel bridge plate with "Classic" stainless steel saddles and adjustable mute pads. It's got a 2-band active preamp and controls for vol, treble, bass and a 5-way lever pickup selector.The Sabre comes with a standard 16 pole humbucker with Alnico magnets and solid black cover and 8 pole humbucker with Alnico magnets and solid black cover, with patented Music Man "Silent Circuit", which reduces hum and retains true single coil sound. You can choose between a variety of different options like maple or rosewood fingerboard, birdseye or flamed maple neck, and body color. Includes case.

Various styles and colors available. Please see drop down menu to choose.

I owned an original Sabre back in the mid 80's and this is a much nicer bass over all. The sound and playability are great and it's much lighter than the original. The five way pickup selector gives you four great sounds (position 4 that gives you one coil of the neck pickup is so weak it's useless IMHO). I love MusicMan basses and this one is a keeper for sure. I would buy it again in a heart beat.

Having played on a 1987 sabre bass for about 15 years, I figured I'd give my two cents ...It actually does sound pretty close to mine - not identical, but great tone none the less. The feel of the bass is very familiar to that of mine, although the glossy neck back doesn't feel near as comfortable as the worn out back of my own but that only comes with time and use, or sandpaper. The craftsmanship seemed really good, knobs felt solid and all that. The tone is great, fendery with some meat on it. It's really been a do anything bass for me for a long time, and If one of these were worn in a little, it would probably play like a dream. Really solid, two thumbs up, great remake of the original.

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